BALTIMORE (WBFF) — A 53-year-old woman from Owings Mills was sentenced to over 11 years in prison for dealing drugs in Maryland, U.S. Attorney's Office District of Maryland announced Friday.U.S. District Judge Deborah K. Chasanow sentenced Querida Moran, 53, of Owings Mills, to 135 months in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute fentanyl. Moran pled guilty to possessing two kilograms of fentanyl and over 50 kilograms of cocaine, which were recovered from a storage unit and her purse in August 2023. At the time,...
BALTIMORE (WBFF) — A 53-year-old woman from Owings Mills was sentenced to over 11 years in prison for dealing drugs in Maryland, U.S. Attorney's Office District of Maryland announced Friday.
U.S. District Judge Deborah K. Chasanow sentenced Querida Moran, 53, of Owings Mills, to 135 months in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute fentanyl. Moran pled guilty to possessing two kilograms of fentanyl and over 50 kilograms of cocaine, which were recovered from a storage unit and her purse in August 2023. At the time, Moran was on federal supervised release.
According to Moran's guilty plea, the DEA identified her in 2023 as a source of supply for numerous drug traffickers in the Baltimore area.
Agents say they observed Moran conducting multiple drug transactions, including one on July 26, 2023, in a restaurant parking lot in Arundel Mills, Maryland. During this transaction, Moran handed a bag to a driver of a Subaru, who was later found with 100 grams of fentanyl after a traffic stop.
On Aug. 1, 2023, agents say they tracked Moran's SUV to a storage center, where she was seen transporting large duffle bags and a cardboard box to her unit.
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The following day, she left the storage unit with a black suitcase and conducted more drug transactions. This led agents to obtain search warrants for her storage unit and residence.
On Aug. 3, 2023, agents searched Moran's storage unit, recovering 50 kilograms of cocaine and two kilograms of fentanyl.
Moran was arrested at a separate location, and a search of her purse revealed two additional kilograms of cocaine. A forensic analysis confirmed the drugs' quantities.
Agents also seized approximately $56,000 in U.S. currency from Moran's Owings Mills apartment, believed to be proceeds from her drug trafficking activities.
Kelly O. Hayes, U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland, announced the sentencing.